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lazily en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English lazy Middle English -ly English -ly English lazily From lazy + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a lazy manner.
   • She lazily scrubbed the pot, but without some real elbow grease it wasn't going to get clean.
2. In a slow manner.
   • Her ensign dropped limp like a rag; the muzzles of the long eight-inch guns stuck out all over the low hull; the greasy, slimy swell swung her up lazily and let her down, swaying her thin masts. 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 203:
   • Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about. 1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 41:

Forms

Translations (29)

it oziosamente (in a lazy manner) · it infingardamente (in a lazy manner) · es mano sobre mano (in a lazy manner) · ca peresosament (in a lazy manner) · ca mandrosament (in a lazy manner) · nrf pièrcheusement (in a lazy manner) · it indolentemente (in a lazy manner) · fi laiskasti (in a lazy manner) · sh ле̑но (in a lazy manner) · pl leniwo (in a lazy manner) · it svogliatamente (in a lazy manner) · ru лени́во (in a lazy manner) · fr paresseusement (in a lazy manner) · it neghittosamente (in a lazy manner) · pt preguiçosamente (in a lazy manner) · gl preguizosamente (in a lazy manner) · ka ზარმაცად (in a lazy manner) · lv slinki (in a lazy manner) · es con las manos en la cinta (disused) (in a lazy manner) · la segniter (in a lazy manner) · pl leniwie (in a lazy manner) · es con las manos cruzadas (in a lazy manner) · sh lijȇno (in a lazy manner) · es perezosamente (in a lazy manner) · nrf ouaîsivement (in a lazy manner) · nl loom (in a lazy manner) · sh lȇno (in a lazy manner) · it pigramente (in a lazy manner) · sh лије̑но (in a lazy manner)